Asia vs Melanesia: Cereals, primary — Yield
Cereals, primary — Yield over time
- Asia
- Melanesia
How they compare
Asia currently reports 4,488 kg/ha against 3,660 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 828 kg/ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 1.2 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Asia ranks 2nd and Melanesia ranks 5th of 19 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Asia averaged higher in 5 and Melanesia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,397 kg/ha | 1,752 kg/ha | 354.23 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 1,810 kg/ha | 1,977 kg/ha | 167.31 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 2,434 kg/ha | 2,126 kg/ha | 307.95 kg/ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 2,932 kg/ha | 2,295 kg/ha | 637.08 kg/ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 3,349 kg/ha | 2,784 kg/ha | 564.37 kg/ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 4,024 kg/ha | 3,419 kg/ha | 605.52 kg/ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 4,402 kg/ha | 3,799 kg/ha | 602.22 kg/ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, Asia or Melanesia?
- Asia, at 4,488 kg/ha against 3,660 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between Asia and Melanesia?
- 828 kg/ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Melanesia rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
- Asia ranks 2nd and Melanesia ranks 5th of 19 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.